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I’ll tell you now. That silence almost beat me. It’s the silence that scares me. It’s the blank page on which I can write my… — Mark Lawrence
If I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into a novel. But… — Philip Greenspun
An apple is an excellent thing -- until you have tried a peach. — George du Maurier
Ive never really tried to copy anyone, I like to have my own style. — Liam Aiken
I tried softball and soccer. I just didn't take as much of a liking to it as I did sitting in a movie theater and… — Liana Liberato
I tried to become a family man. I got married, but it didn't work out. After 22 months we got an annulment. Then I married… — Dominic Chianese
You look at Michael McDonald and people like that; I think they just tried to write music that was true to themselves. That's our bottom… — Dave Haywood
I tried to play flute because all the pretty girls played flute. — Abigail Washburn
If I hadn't been told I was garbage, I wouldn't have learned how to show people I'm talented. And if everyone had always laughed at… — Gabourey Sidibe
I’ve never used music to sell my faith and I’ve never used faith to sell my music. I think they are both intrinsic parts of… — Jon Foreman
Neither you nor the world knows what you can do until you have tried. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I've tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball. — Hank Aaron
I may be arrested, I may be tried and thrown into jail, but I never will be silent. — Emma Goldman
During the years I lived here, the people of Alexandra ignored tribal and ethnic distinctions. Instead of being Xhosas, or Sothos, or Zulus, or Shangaans,… — Nelson Mandela
We wear our names heavily. And though we have tried to escape their influence, they have seeped into us, and we find ourselves living their… — Eleanor Brown
Sarah Palin has admitted she tried marijuana several years ago, but she did not like it. She said it distorted her perceptions, impaired her thinking,… — Jay Leno
I lost my dad back in the fall, and my dad said something to me a long time ago. He said, 'Are you happy with… — Unknown Author
Come celebrate with me that every day something has tried to kill me and has failed. — Lucille Clifton
Well, I kind of think that the opposite is true. The customer is rarely right. And that is why you must seize the control of… — Charlie Trotter
Those times, I tried to think of something happy, something I'd liked - but not something I loved, for that made it worse. — Mary Ann Shaffer
Ive tried to avoid labels, but they always find you. — Poppy Z. Brite
I cannot think the disputes and jealousies of Heaven are tried and settled by the swords of earth. — James Anthony Froude
I've tried in my career to do most everything, because it all intrigues me. And I've found the first time I work in a new… — Rupert Holmes
By the laws of rectitude accused Persons, however atrocious their offences, are allowed to make their defence, and by a verdict of a Jury of… — Judith Sargent Murray
Suppose Mozart had tried to be original? It would have been like a man at the North Pole trying to walk north, and this is… — Keith Johnstone

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